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<div class="field-item even">New G4S president Sam Belbina says goal is to derive 40 percent of revenue from service within 18 months</div>
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>OMAHA, Neb.—With the goal of increasing the percentage of revenue it derives from services from 25 to 40 percent, G4S Technology, a national systems integrator and project management company for electronic security systems and communication networks, has launched a new division.</p>
<p>“We created the service and maintenance division in Chicago; we’re trying to leverage the resources we have in house,” Sam Belbina, newly named president of G4S Technology, told Security Systems News. “Jay Jorgenson is the director [of the division],” he added.</p>
<p>Belbina joined G4S Technology in February as EVP. He came to G4S from Schneider Electric where he oversaw sales of Pelco video and Schneider’s integrated security solutions business in the United States.</p>
<p>He’s worked closely with Robert Sommerfeld since joining the company in preparation for taking over for Sommerfeld, who has been appointed chairman of the board of G4S Technology.</p>
<p>The goal is to achieve the 40 percent service revenue “18 months from September 2013,” Belbina said. “If we execute on what we’ve developed as a strategy, and do what we’ve said, we’ll be able to make [that goal].”</p>
<p>The strategy has multiple components. One component is leveraging G4S’ call center and NOC in Burlington, Mass. “VSAAS is an area we’re really focused on,” he said. Among G4S’s target customers for hosted video are commercial tenants in New York and high- end retail. G4S has also instituted a linkage program that provides incentives for sales people to sell services and maintenance with any contract. A third component involves going after dormant accounts. “We have hundred and hundreds of customers that we no longer service. [We’re offering additional] internal incentives to go and revive those relationships. It’s a win-back initiative,” Belbina explained.</p>
<p>In addition to its security businesses (monitoring and installation), G4S Technology has a telecom division. The telecom business makes up about 40 percent of G4S Technology’s revenues, but only about 10 percent of that 40 percent is security related, Belbina said. “We do wireless networks used for wireless video [and notably] used as part of the smart city initiative,” he said.</p>
<p>G4S Technology is part of G4S, which is the largest guard company in the world. Leveraging the guard business, where appropriate with security technology, is also integral to G4S Technology’s plans.</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="G4S Technology creates new service and maintenance division" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:10:44 +0000Leif Kothe17070 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/g4s-technology-creates-new-service-and-maintenance-division#commentsAxis stays atop IHS video surveillance rankings, claims top spot for video encodershttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/axis-stays-atop-ihs-video-surveillance-rankings-claims-top-spot-video-encoders
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>CHELMSFORD, Mass.—Axis Communications, a provider of network video surveillance solutions, retained the top spot in IHS Research’s annual rankings of the top video surveillance companies, according to a news release.</p>
<p>Ranking just behind Axis in the same category were the Japanese electronics giant Panasonic and China-based Hikvision, according to the recently released report, titled “CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment – World – 2013.”</p>
<p>In addition, Axis for the first time claimed the No. 1 ranking for video encoders worldwide, the release noted.</p>
<p>While IHS declined to say who Axis had displaced atop the video encoder rankings, a market analyst at IHS told <em>Security Systems News </em>that other leading suppliers of encoders, according to their 2013 rankings, include Hikvision, Pelco, Bosch Security and NICE Systems. </p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Axis stays atop IHS video surveillance rankings, claims top spot for video encoders" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:55:18 +0000Leif Kothe16577 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/axis-stays-atop-ihs-video-surveillance-rankings-claims-top-spot-video-encoders#commentsHoneywell adds members to open tech alliancehttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/honeywell-adds-members-open-tech-alliance
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Seven new members have joined the Honeywell Open Technology Alliance, according to a company statement. The new members are Exacq, LG, Oncam Grandeye, ImmerVision, Panasonic, Pelco and Sony.</p>
<p>Formed in 2010, the alliance is composed of physical security and IT manufacturers committed to developing open and integrated security solutions for end users. Members of the alliance work to improve the interoperability of their security and IT products, the statement said.</p>
<p>“The open standards set by the industry have provided a sound framework to increase the interoperability of our products with nearly any third-party manufacturer,” said Vince Lupe, systems marketing leader, Honeywell Security Group. “Our open technology alliance advocates making our technologies work seamlessly with other manufacturer devices, helping the end-user customer maximize existing and newer technologies.” </p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Honeywell adds members to open tech alliance" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:31:19 +0000Leif Kothe16291 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/honeywell-adds-members-open-tech-alliance#commentsHoneywell adds members to open tech alliancehttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/honeywell-adds-members-open-tech-alliance-0
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<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Seven new members have joined the Honeywell Open Technology Alliance, according to a company statement. The new members are Exacq, LG, Oncam Grandeye, ImmerVision, Panasonic, Pelco and Sony.</p>
<p>Formed in 2010, the alliance is composed of physical security and IT manufacturers committed to developing open and integrated security solutions for end users. Members of the alliance work to improve the interoperability of their security and IT products, the statement said.</p>
<p>“The open standards set by the industry have provided a sound framework to increase the interoperability of our products with nearly any third-party manufacturer,” said Vince Lupe, systems marketing leader, Honeywell Security Group. “Our open technology alliance advocates making our technologies work seamlessly with other manufacturer devices, helping the end-user customer maximize existing and newer technologies.” </p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Honeywell adds members to open tech alliance" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:31:18 +0000Leif Kothe16292 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/honeywell-adds-members-open-tech-alliance-0#commentsOV, Vivotek reach agreementhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/ov-vivotek-reach-agreement
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>RESTON, Va.—Video analytics provider Object Video announced in June that it has signed a patent licensing agreement with Vivotek. Meanwhile, its patent battle with major video surveillance providers Samsung and Bosch will continue, with an International Trade Commission trial scheduled to begin this week.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, OV announced that it had signed similar licensing agreements with Sony and Tyco’s American Dynamics.</p>
<p>OV CEO Raul Fernandez said Vivotek’s decision to do a portfolio-wide agreement speaks to the fact that more and more products will be built with video analytics already onboard or will be video-analytic enabled.</p>
<p>Fernandez said the discussion between Vivotek and OV was prompted by OV’s amnesty offer, which it announced just before ISC West.</p>
<p>OV is suing Samsung and Bosch through one legal process with the ITC, and it announced last month that it had filed suit against Pelco in U.S. District Court in Virginia. </p>
<p>The five-day ITC trial with Samsung and Bosch will start on July 18, Fernandez said. A judgment will not be announced until November, however.</p>
<p>Fernandez is optimistic that OV will prevail in the trial. “[We’re saying that their products] made outside the U.S. have features [for which we] have patents. … They’re attacking the patents [and saying they’re not valid],” Fernandez said. “But only one [claim] has to survive. One claim does it all … it leads to an injunction of the product. It’s a highly risky proposition.”</p>
<p>Fernandez said OV will be announcing another agreement in the near future.</p>
<p>Samsung, Bosch and Pelco have previously declined to comment on the OV lawsuits, saying that they do not comment on ongoing litigation.</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="OV, Vivotek reach agreement" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:30:24 +0000Rich Miller15539 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/ov-vivotek-reach-agreement#comments ITC to take up OV vs. Samsung Bosch next monthhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/itc-take-ov-vs-samsung-bosch-next-month
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>I had a quick conversation last week with Object Video CEO Raul Fernandez, about the company's <a href="http://objectvideo.com/news-and-media/press-releases/22-news-a-media/press-releases/192-objectvideo-and-vivotek-enter-into-global-portfolio-wide-patent-license-agreement.html" target="_blank">recent announcement that it has signed another licensing agreement, this time with Vivotek.</a> </p>
<p>Earlier this year, OV announced that it had signed similar agreements with Sony and Tyco’s American Dynamics.</p>
<p>Fernandez said the fact that Vivotek decided to do a portfolio-wide agreement speaks to the fact that more and more products will be built with video analytics already onboard or will be video-analytic enabled.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/ov-looks-quicker-resolution-itc-complaint">OV is suing Samsung and Bosch through one legal process with the International Trade Commission</a> and it announced last month that it had <a href="http://www.objectvideo.com/news-and-media/press-releases/22-news-a-media/press-releases/184-objectvideo-files-complaint-against-pelco.html" target="_blank">filed suit against Pelco</a> in the U.S. District Court in Virginia.</p>
<p>The discussion between Vivotek and OV was prompted, Fernandez said, by <a href="http://www.objectvideo.com/news-and-media/overview/22-news-a-media/press-releases/163-objectvideo-announces-limited-time-global-portfolio-wide-ip-amnesty-program.html" target="_blank">OV’s Amnesty offer</a>, which it announced just before ISC West.</p>
<p>The five-day ITC trial with Samsung and Bosch will start on July 18, Fernandez said. A judgment will not be announced until November, however.<br />Fernandez is optimistic that OV will prevail in this trial. “[We’re saying that their products] made outside the U.S. have features [for which we] have patents … they’re attacking the patents [and saying they’re not valid],” Fernandez said. “But only one [claim] has to survive. One claim does it all… it leads to an injunction of the product. It’s a highly risky proposition,” he added.</p>
<p>Fernandez said OV will be announcing another agreement in the near future.</p>
<p>Samsung, Bosch and Pelco have previously declined to comment on the OV lawsuits saying that they do not comment on ongoing litigation</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content=" ITC to take up OV vs. Samsung Bosch next month" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:39:29 +0000SSN Admin Account15478 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/itc-take-ov-vs-samsung-bosch-next-month#commentsSchneider Electric targets security space for growthhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/schneider-electric-targets-security-space-growth
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<p>"Honestly, if I looked at the Buildings Business, there are two primary growth platforms: One is energy management and the other is security," Sandelin told Security Director News at Schneider's annual editors’ event held here on Oct. 13.</p>
<p>Physical security is one of five ecosystems that exist in most buildings, Sandelin said, the others being power, data centers, process and machines, and building control. In the past, these ecosystems have operated with separate management systems. By integrating these systems, including security, end users can realize cost savings and efficiencies, Sandelin said.</p>
<p>The company has been working hard to alter its image as the world's largest producer of circuit breakers to one known for building automation and energy efficiency, Jeff Drees, president of Schneider Electric in the United States, said during one of his addresses at the editors’ event. "The name doesn't change, but the story continues to evolve," he said.</p>
<p>Through its building automation capabilities, including its new StruxureWare software platform, which it introduced at the event, Drees claimed the company could deliver up to 30-percent savings in capital and operational expenditures, primarily with energy costs.</p>
<p>Sandelin expanded on the claim and said end users need to change how they think about security. It's no longer a "necessary evil" and a matter of "risk management and cost avoidance," he said. By leveraging security technology, facilities managers could improve the overall operating efficiency of a building. "I believe there's a way for companies to begin thinking a bit more strategically about how they use security technology," Sandelin said. "Even to the extent that I would argue there's a level of competitive advantage to be gained as a result of leveraging security technology and all it can bring more efficiently."</p>
<p>Occupancy sensors and video surveillance have obvious security applications, but they can also be used to increase the efficiency of lighting and HVAC controls. For example, Pelco–the camera company Schneider acquired in 2007 and fully integrated into the Buildings Business last year–introduced a new line of thermal imaging cameras at ASIS last month. "There's certainly some runway for … how we use that for the initial purpose for which it was intended, but at same time certainly some ability to sense temperature change and so on and use that as it relates to an energy benefit," Sandelin said.</p>
<p>At ASIS, Pelco also released a new line of Sarix Cameras with its SureVision sensor technology, which the company claims "handles light nearly as well as the human eye." Sandelin said Pelco is well positioned for growth going forward. "Our growth in IP alone this year is in excess of 45 percent, which is significantly above the projected market growth," Sandelin said.</p>
<p>When asked, Sandelin said Schneider could grow its security offerings through more acquisitions and internal product development. He also said the company, by leveraging its Security Center of Excellence in Dallas, is not opposed to integrating third-party products into its systems, whether it be biometrics, PSIM software, access control or Bosch cameras instead of Pelco cameras. "Obliviously, our desire is to sell our stuff, but we also think for us to add value in this space and be a trusted advisor around security that we need to … be open to third party integration when it makes sense," he said. "You simply can't be all things to all people in this space and be good at it."</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Schneider Electric targets security space for growth" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:56:04 +0000SSN Editor15018 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/schneider-electric-targets-security-space-growth#commentsSchneider said to mull bid for Tycohttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/schneider-said-mull-bid-tyco
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"><p>PARIS—Schneider Electric, based here, is working with bankers to assess a bid for Tyco International, according to an April 11 Bloomberg report, which cited “three people with knowledge of the matter.”</p>
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Tyco spokesman Paul Fitzhenry declined comment, and a spokesperson for Schneider Electric on April 13 issued a statement saying it is not currenlty in talks with Tyco regarding a potential strategic transaction between the two companies.</p>
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The deal is in the early stages and is not imminent, according to the report. </p>
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Schneider, a $46 billion company, is considered the world’s largest maker of circuit breakers. It’s also known for industrial automation, energy management systems and security offerings. Its competitors include Seimens of Germany and ABB of Switzerland.</p>
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Tyco is the parent company of ADT and SimplexGrinnell. It also runs a flow control business, which makes industrial valves and controls, water and environmental systems, and thermal control solutions. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/tyco-details-reorganization">Tyco International separated into three separately traded companies in 2007</a>, and has a market cap of about $23 billion.</p>
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Should the deal come to fruition, Schneider would be the world’s biggest manufacturer of security systems and this deal would rank as the biggest industrial takeover on record by a European company, according to Bloomberg. </p>
<p>Niall Jenkikns of iMS Research told Security Systems News:“Although Schneider Electric have denied they are currently in talks with Tyco, if the acquisition was to happen it would create the world’s biggest video surveillance equipment vendor. Additionally, it could also be complimentary for the systems integration businesses, with Schneider Electric focused on the enterprise market and ADT, the Tyco subsidiary, primarily focused on the retail and commercial markets.”</p>
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The deal faces some obstacles, according to analysts, including the assumption that Schneider would need to secure equity and debt financing to purchase Tyco, which could command as much as $32 billion, according to a note issued by Carol Levenson of Gimme Credit, and reported by Bloomberg. </p>
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“We doubt that Tyco, wishing to remain independent, would go quietly, and a hostile bid would likely require a high premium and considerable cash,” Levenson wrote in the note.</p>
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Tyco stock gained 3 percent on news of the potential deal on April 11, while Schneider’s shares dropped roughly 3 percent. </p>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/camera-giant-sold">Schneider bought Pelco in 2007</a>. This year Schneider realigned key functions of the organization to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/pelco-schneider-internal-reorg">bring Pelco and Schneider Electric operations in North America all under a common leadership</a>. This realignment, “will allow us to better deliver security solutions, in addition to products,” Kevin McCaughey, VP security solutions, Schneider Electric Buildings Business, told <em>Security Systems News</em> in January. </p>
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Schneider bought building control and security provider TAC in 2003. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/tac-be-schneider-electric">TAC was rebranded as Schneider in the fall of 2009</a>. (Previously TAC was known as Tour Andover Controls.) </p>
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David King has been hired as city surveillance/critical infrastructure sales manager in North America. He comes to Milestone from AMAG Technology, with prior employment at OnSSI and Anixter.</p>
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Mike Tice is now the north central territory manager covering sales for Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, bringing industry expertise from prior positions at Pivot3 and Genetec.</p>
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Tim Taylor is territory manager for the Great Lakes region (Michigan, Indiana and Ohio). He previously held positions at Pivot3 and Verint.</p>
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Emmett Rooney is New England &amp; Upstate New York territory manager, having been at Pelco, Paxton Access Control and ADT Security Services.</p>
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As Milestone Systems continues to grow and expand, strong individuals in key organizational developments are also being promoted. Christian Bohn is now VP of product management &amp; marketing; Manual Nylin is VP of field sales for the Americas, and Tim Palmquist is VP sales operations.</p>
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Juliette Gustavsson has been promoted to head of corporate marketing overseeing brand and marketing initiatives, responsible for web, graphics, collateral and visuals, including product launch and advertising campaigns</p>
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After several years of valuable contributions as marketing program manager, Fredrik Wallberg has been promoted to marketing manager Americas, based out of Beaverton, Ore. Willa Myrman is marketing program manager Americas, hired from Western Fairs Association.</p>
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO—The Pelco and Schneider Electric Buildings Department has realigned key functions of the organization to bring them all under a common leadership, Schneider Electric executives told <em>Security Systems News</em>.</p>
<p>This realignment, “will allow us to better deliver security solutions, in addition to products,” said Kevin McCaughey, VP security solutions, Schneider Electric Buildings Business.</p>
<p>The move follows the July 2010 announcement that former Pelco CEO Dean Meyer would become EVP of Buildings Business at Schneider Electric. At that time, Meyer noted that his former role at Pelco would not be replaced.</p>
<p>Since July, “we have realigned the entire management structure of Pelco with the management structure of the buildings business,” said Herve Fages, VP global product marketing for Schneider Electric Building Business. (Before the realignment, Fages’ title was Pelco chief marketing officer.)</p>
<p>Functions that were realigned include: sales, technical support, marketing, finance, manufacturing/logistics, and customer solutions. Now, there will be one point of contact for customers dealing with Schneider Electric building organization sales.</p>
<p>“In the past, customers spoke to Schneider Electric if they wanted access control and they talked to Pelco if they needed cameras,” McCaughey said. Video and access control product marketing will now work together for better integration and to increase capabilities to deliver solutions. The result, he said, will be more support of for the systems integration channels, direct and indirect, with broader product offering, sales tools and common processes.</p>
<p>“The R&amp;D team inside Pelco and the R&amp;D team inside Schneider Electric, will report to the same management. It’ll be more efficient and effective for customers,” McCaughey said.</p>
<p>“This is really the destination this organization has been heading to since the acquisition of Pelco three years ago. Now we’re taking the next step.”</p>
<p>At ASIS 2010, there was one booth for Schneider Electric and one for Schneider Electric's Building business. Next year, they will be combined. Likewise at ISC West 2011, where Schneider Building has never had a presence before.</p>
<p>“Schneider Electric will be branded as one... and we’ll be [talking] about a solutions perspective on security that goes beyond video and access and intrusion and includes all sorts of integration,” McCaughey said.</p>
<p>And channel conflict between Schneider’s integration business and Pelco dealers? It hasn’t been a problem in the past, Fages said, because the jobs that Pelco dealers do are not the large enterprise jobs that Schneider branch offices do.</p>
<p>And if channel conflicts should arise, Fages said, “the people in charge of the channels now sit on the same team, attend the same staff meetings, (and) report to the same executive manager ... There would be a faster path to resolve any of those situations.”</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Pelco Schneider internal reorg" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:59:48 +0000legacy_editor14299 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/pelco-schneider-internal-reorg#comments